Event 10 Wednesday 10 March, 7pmAl Ras 3Celebrate the works of 19th and 20th century Emirati poets in a magical evening of readings and music.  This landmark event marks the launch of Looking Back with Love, the first ever anthology* of such works to be translated into English.

As with the wider Arab world, Dubai has a great poetic tradition and this fascinating collection is a key link to our past and an understanding of our heritage.  Assembled by Khalid Al-Budoor, himself a noted poet, the poems cover themes that were important to our ancestors – rain, the oasis, camels, the Falcon, the songbird - and have been sensitively translated  by Fadhil Al-Azzawi, the noted Iraqi poet and writer who last year entranced festival-goers  with his own poetry reading, some of it musical, all of it lyrical. Add Paul Thuysbaert’s expert eye and love of this land expressed in his stunningly beautiful photos and the result is a volume that truly evokes the spirit of the time.

 With specially commissioned music for harp by Joanna Marsh. The session is introduced by Ali Al-Shaali.

*The anthology features work by Butti bin Suhail bin Maktoum bin Butti, Mohammed bin Thani bin Qutami, Mohammed bin Rashid al-Matroushi, Khalfan bin Abdullah bin Sultan bin Yad`uh al-Muhairi, Husein bin Nasir al Lootah, Muhammed bin Thani bin Zunaid al-Suwaidi, Ahmed bin Sultan bin Saleem al-Filasi, Ahmed bin Khalifa al-Hamili, Salim bin Mohammed al-Jamri and Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Sougat al-Flasi.

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